That's the "section" I'm talking about. "sed(1)" means that the man page for that sed is in section 1. "kill(1)" versus "kill(2)" likewise: the former is the co

That's the "section" I'm talking about. "sed(1)" means that the man page for that sed is in section 1. "kill(1)" versus "kill(2)" likewise: the former is the command; the latter is the syscall. To distinguish between them, you need to tell man(1) which section to look in for the desired context.